E-MAIL ENCRYPTION Product IronMail 5.0.1 Vendor CipherTrust Price $30,000 as tested Pros Pre-configured for use, clean management interface, good policy engine. Cons Cannot do key harvesting. Product Universal 2.0 Series 500 Vendor PGP Price $20,500 as tested for 500 seats, one-year subscription. Pros Supports wide range of encryption ciphers and longer key lengths, very fast processing. Cons Very minimal policy enforcement. Product MailGate Secure Messenger 6.1 Vendor Tumbleweed Price $10,000 as tested Pros Good policy engine, Web site branding, good dashboard and management interface. Cons Lacks performance in delivery. Product Entrust Entelligence Vendor Entrust Price $100,000 as tested (individually, appliances start at $40,000 each). Pros Good encryption options, good message performance, good policy engine. Cons Management interface is complex, setup is tedious. Product SecureEmail v5.3 Vendor PostX Price $15,000 as tested by subscription, or $33,000 for perpetual licenses. Pros Supports “secure envelope” alternative to Web delivery, good delivery performance. Cons Not as much to offer as others in policy engine. Product Secure Messaging 5.1.12 Vendor ZipLip Price $39,500 for 500 users. Pros Supports “secure push delivery” alternative to Web delivery, has user snap-in available. Cons Modest messaging throughput, moderate policy engine in comparison.

	The breakdown CipherTrust PGP Tumbleweed Entrust PostX ZipLip External encryption 30% 3.5 4.5 3.5 4 3.5 3 Policy enforcement 20% 4 2 4 4.5 3.5 3 Administration/ management 20% 4.5 4 4 2.5 3.5 3 Performance 10% 4.5 5 3 4.5 4 3.5 End-user experience 10% 4.5 4 4.5 3.5 4.5 4 Installation/configuration 5% 5 4.5 4.5 3 4 3.5 Documentation 5% 4 4.5 4 4 4.5 3.5 TOTAL SCORE 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.2 Scoring Key: 5: Exceptional; 4: Very good; 3: Average; 2: Below average; 1: Consistently subpar

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